Looks like a challenging crop, but lucrative if you can master it.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29082091
Looks like a challenging crop, but lucrative if you can master it.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29082091
I had seen that article in my BBC feed and whimpered just a little. I had considered wasabi a while back, but given the required temperature range of 8 C to 20 C it requires, well that would be a very cold day here. Short of designing a system with a chiller, I don't think it can be done here...but Ontario? < g >
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Craig
If my friends in the PNW are any indication, you can grow just about anything there.
I hate horseradish and its ilk, but the challenge of wasabi is certainly inviting.
Finding starter stock is the big thing....probably what stopped me from trying. I've killed more than one cool temp, humid atmosphere plant thinking I could be the one to overcome the constraints of nature....Gunnera come quickly to mind...and marsh marigold. < g >
If I could find a source with providence, I think I would still try. My well water comes out at approx 20 C year round, so it is possible.
Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is. And you must bend to its power or live a lie.”― Miyamoto Musashi
"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." ~ Jimi Hendrix
“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”― Stephen Hawking
Craig
Marsh marigold is my favorite native. It always gives me a reason to explore creek beds in the spring.
The video romanticizes it, but interesting half-hour on wasabi in Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K22Kl0xk_Jk
Also, the guy at the start of the video must not have any taste buds, 'cause the hunk of wasabi he takes with his soba noodles is huge!